The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union Civil Aviation Ministry to examine the issue of use of the vernacular language of the states in the flights flying to or flying from a particular state in India.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, the Civil Aviation minister said, “From the Ministry, we have thought of some legislative action if it is required."
The outage, which began on July 19, resulted from a technical problem involving an update from CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor threat-monitoring software.
The notices were issued by the aviation security watchdog after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
The meeting of committee members to hear Civil Aviation Ministry officials on the fixing of airfares is scheduled for 3.30 pm.
Civil Aviation Ministry earlier saying in a statement that it's working with airlines to reduce flight departures to 14 during peak hours.
The airlines were also asked to place real-time data on their social media feeds regarding waiting times at respective airports' entry gates.
The number of Indians airlifted by 73 special civilian flights has gone up to 15206.
The state government is aggressively pursuing the project and work is on at a war footing.
“Government is, for the first time, talking about disinvestment of Air India and Pawan Hans Ltd. We have already privatised some airports and more airports are in line. Three have been awarded, few more are in line. It is a continuous trend,” Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Usha Padhee said.
